Joe Smooth...

[mopkins]

I'm not so sure we wont see JW do some similar things. But overall bball player JW might already be better. Dont wanna put too much on the kid, but goodness he looks special.

I agree there. he can ball. Doesn't seem to get rattled at all and the game doesnt seem to fast/big for him whatsoever.

 

[InGoodCo]

I heard a nickname that might apply to JW: THE ASSET

His teammates call him Wiesy

 

[trj]

Love his demeanor, unemotional yet oozes confidence. The kid ain’t afraid.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

His teammates call him Wiesy

Easy Wiesy…. I like it

 

[Hawkfnntn]

He did a lot of that against Vic Law. A pretty respected senior in this conference... I'd be curious if anyone asked him his 2 cents on Joe W after the game. His coach mentioned him quite a bit.

 

[InGoodCo]

Easy Wiesy…. I like it

I just saw the after game celebration that Hawkeye Hoops put up on Twitter and they were yelling "Wiesy! Wiesy! Wiesy! Wiesy!"

 

[FirstDownHawkeyes]

I like the Gordon Hayward comp. Hayward is a little taller and now bigger but when he was a collegian be was not big. JWs has similar body control. That’s what I always though stood out w Hayward.

 

[chuckles33]

Absolutely going to be fun to watch as his confidence grows and the team looks to him more!

 

[InGoodCo]

So where does Wiesy rank as far as incoming frosh so far in the league? You have to imagine he's playing well enough to be in the early running for Freshman of the Year if not All B1G Frosh.

 

[SteveGarvey1]

Wasn't "Wiesy" on "The Jeffersons"? Movin' on up...

 

[NikeHawk21]

So where does Wiesy rank as far as incoming frosh so far in the league? You have to imagine he's playing well enough to be in the early running for Freshman of the Year if not All B1G Frosh.

That foreign guy from Michigan or Romeo Langford will win freshman player of the year.

Maryland has a forward who is a lock for first team.

After that I like Weiskamp’s chances at first team. Doesn’t seem to be as many great freshman in the league this year.

 

[mopkins]

I like the Gordon Hayward comp. Hayward is a little taller and now bigger but when he was a collegian be was not big. JWs has similar body control. That’s what I always though stood out w Hayward.

The reason I really hate that comp is because Heyward left Butler after his Sophomore season....

 

[mopkins]

So where does Wiesy rank as far as incoming frosh so far in the league? You have to imagine he's playing well enough to be in the early running for Freshman of the Year if not All B1G Frosh.

That foreign guy from Michigan or Romeo Langford will win freshman player of the year.

Maryland has a forward who is a lock for first team.

After that I like Weiskamp’s chances at first team. Doesn’t seem to be as many great freshman in the league this year.

Yeah I think Langford has already locked up Freshman of the year. After that Brazdeikis and Jalen Smith are probably locks for the all freshman team as well.

The last two spots are up for grabs at this point, but for now I'd give them to Wieskamp and Daniel Oturu from Minnesota

 

[InGoodCo]

Yeah I think Langford has already locked up Freshman of the year. After that Brazdeikis and Jalen Smith are probably locks for the all freshman team as well.

The last two spots are up for grabs at this point, but for now I'd give them to Wieskamp and Daniel Oturu from Minnesota

Yeah, IMO, if Iowa places in the top 6, makes the dance and Wiesy keeps up this pace, it will be hard for him not to be on the All B1G Frosh team. I think a lot of it depends on how they do. Lots of ball left. Pretty excited for Saturday now

 

[mopkins]

Yeah, IMO, if Iowa places in the top 6, makes the dance and Wiesy keeps up this pace, it will be hard for him not to be on the All B1G Frosh team. I think a lot of it depends on how they do. Lots of ball left. Pretty excited for Saturday now

It was funny because after the game the BTN guys were saying JW is going to be one of those guys that 2/3 years from now other teams are going to be saying "that guys STILL in college?". Then they mentioned Jess Settles and then Robbie Hummel called himself out for being at Purdue for 30 years.

 

[JG10Hawk]

Pretty comparable statistically as well.

Joe:



Gordon:

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

I agree with another poster...he just needs to get stronger. Once he does that...he goes through people like butter. His dribble drive game will go to another level...and then he becomes a nightmare to guard. Damn...he did a good job on Law was impressive and the crossover drive and finish was nice. He also rebounded in traffic. Once again, he get's stronger, his vertical gets better, and all areas of his game improve.

I love his game...and he's a lot more athletic than people give him credit for.

 

[BigD]

Joe would have broke the backboard.

and made the free throw.

 

[Husky28]

Dekker was more athletic IMO. I hope I'm wrong but I don't see JW ever doing this:


JW is shooting like 45% from 3 though which is crazy impressive for a Freshman.

Like to see it happen in a game some day, but apparently he slammed one in over Cook early in the season during practice.

 

[N8theGr8]

Wiesus is my favorite nickname thus far.

He's an excellent offensive player with an OBPM of 5.1, matching Uthoff's senior year. His DBPM is 0.1 though. Uthoff's was 5.9 his junior year and 5.1 his senior year. He's a great offensive player and one of our better defenders, but has a long way to go toward being the force that Uthoff was. That said, Uthoff was a 4th year junior after a redshirt year at Wisconsin, a transfer year, and one prior season at Iowa. Wiesus will be a senior at that age, if he doesn't go pro before then. With his physical tools, he will be an absolute terror-monster on both sides of the ball.